Snow-hauling truck



Dc. 16, 1930. 4 Y J 1,785,423

SNOW HAULING TRUCK Filed Dec. 7. 1929 4 Sheets-Sheet 1- A ttorney 5 O Inve ntbr Jaime Wye Off/:

J. A. ORTIZ sn'ow HAULING TRUCK Dec. 16, 1930.

Filed Dec. 7. 1929 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 I S (/56?! z/Zye-Urf/i flzmmm Attorney DEC 16, 1930. ORTIZ 1,785,423

SNOW HAULING TRUCK Filed Dec. 7, 1929 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 Inventor 5% 07 6/ amz gmm .4 iiorney Dec. 16, 1930. J, A. -nz 1,785,423

' snow HAULING TRUCK Filed Dec. '7, 1929 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Inventor (25M fl e/ 0/1262 Patented Dec. 16, 1930 I MSiI W- AUL NG annex f v Animati n filed ember 49 39 Serial No-41mm I The present invention relates to a truck for hauling snow and the. like and has for its prime object to provide'a truck" ofthisnature which has a body which may belowe-redover 5 a pile of snow or the likeand'fthe bottom moved under the pile and then the'body may be 'lifted'up toits normal position Another very important jb'ectof the invention resides. in theprovision of a struc ture of this nature whichfis comp rat vely simple in its details, strong and durable, easy to manipulate, compact andiconvenient, thor oughly efficient andreliable in use and opera ation, and otherwise well adapted for "the, lfipurpose'for whichit is designed.

'With the above and numerous" other objects in View as will appear as the description proceeds the invention resides-in certain novel features o f construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts, as

will be hereinafter more fully describedand claimed.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a side elevatlon of a truck em-' 2 bodying the features of my invention showing the body lowered,

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof, 1 i b Figure 3 is a vertical longitudinal section through the rear end of the truck showing the body raised, e

Figure 4 is a vertical transverse section taken substantially on the line ofFig ure 3 l Figure 5 is a fragmentary top plan View showing the front end of the body with the bottom partially opened. 3 Figure 6 is a fragmentary rear elevation, and l 1 Figure 7 is a plan view of a modified form of bottom.

be seen that the numeral 5 denotes a truck of any preferred construction on' which is mounted a frame 6 extending rearwardly' be- 4-= yond the truck. 'A latform 7 is mounted on the front portion 0 the frame 6 and plates 8 rise therefrom and have journalled therebetween drums 9 and 10 operated respective ly by cranks 11- and 12.

e the body 16;

Referring to the drawing in detail it will A toothed wheel 14 is rotatable with the drum 10 and a pawl 15 is rockableon one of the plates8 to engage this wheel portion, In the "rear portion oftheframe '6 there is a rectangular body 16 from the'rear bottom end of which project plates 17 between which is is beveledas at 20 forming a' knifeedge. v

A stop structure21 extends from the rear of the frame 6- so as to be abutted by a cross member 22 between the plate 17' when the .jo urnall'ed a drum 18i A bottom 19 is slidable longitudinally between the bottom ends. of the'jsi'desof thebody 16 and the frontedge body is in a raised position as clearly shown l V in Figure 3, An arch 23 rises from the rear 7 portion of the frame and has journal led therein arollere24. I p i -v S tanda'rds 25 rise from an intermediate portion of the frame and'have journalled therebetween a roller26. Cables 27 and 28 are fanchore'don the rear and front walls re speeti'vely' of the" body 16'. The cable 27- is These cables extend forwardly and are wind+ able on thedrum 10 for raising and lowering Cables30 have intermediate portions, an-

'choredas at 31-to a forward part of the bottom 1-9and extend along the top of the bot tom andare windable ondrums 18 and 9.

V Gran'k 18- is onthe drum 18. By actuating the drum '18 by the crank 18th'e cables 30 posed under the; plate 17 so that the contents of thebody IGJmayjbe dumped or so that the body-16 may be lowered over a pile of snow trained over the roller 241 and the roller 26. The cable- 28'is trainedover the roller 26.

. may be wound on the drum 18 so as to move 7 the bottom 19 rearwardly over a plate 10 disby releasing the pawl '15 and unwinding the standards 43 depending from the rear side a wheeled truck, a frame on the wheeled portions of the frame 6. truck extending rearwardly, a platform on InFigure 7 it will-be seen that cables the front portion of the frame, plates rising are equivalent to cables 30 and are trained from the platform, a pair of drums journaled through the ends of a plurality of slats '19 between the plates, a pair of rollers, means for forming a bottom so that this bottom may supporting the rollers above the frame, a be wound on the drum 18a by theccrank 186,. body in the rear portion of the frame movable It is thought that the construction, opera} vertically therein, cables'engagedgwith said ti0n, utility and advantages of this invention body andtrainedover said rollers and windwill now be quite apparent to those skilled in able on one of the drums, a bottom movable v this art without a more detailed'Tfdescriptionslongitudinally in the body, a cable attached 7 7 thereof. 1i

V to the bottom and trained over the other a The Presentembodiment'offthe inveiition" druiirsothat the bottom may be moved to a has been described in, considerable detail closed; position, a drum, means for journalmerely for the purposes of 'exemplification lingthe' lastmentioned drum rearwardly of since in,actu al practice they attain the feathe body, said last mentioned, cable being extures ofadvantage ennmerated as desirable in tended andwindable over the (last mentioned the jstatementof. the invention. andthe above description.

. e 1 a pe po i i -s It will be apparent that changesinvthe ide- 5. In va -snow"hauling truck, a wheeled I tails of construction, and in the combination frame,=.a box like' body mounted in said frame bottom structure to open and, closed position.

*4 longitudinally of'the body, table and drum and arrangement of parts-may be resorted to V for vertical raising-and lowering movement without departing from the spirit or scope of therethroughf said i the invention as hereinafteir claimed gor sac bottomend and havingguide means adjacent rificingany :of itsadvantages. 1 said'open bottom-end,=a flexible slatted clo- Having thus described my inventiomwhat, sure member slidable in said guide,a roller Iclaim as new is: s Y jadjacent one end fof said guide means and 1. In an apparatusof the class described, meanszfor winding'andjunwinding saidcloQ .a' Wheeled truck, frame on theitruck'hav sure, member. with respect to saidroller for ing. anopening, a bodymotinted in'the open-o, alternately moving itinto and out of closing fg ing. in the frame, meansfor-lowering and position relativetorsaid open bottomend'of rais'ingthe body through said open-ing,abotthe bodyp, a f a. ,1 v tom closure inthe body having a knife-edge lnitestimonywhereoflqaffix my signature, at] its inner end, meansmovably, mounting p E' A L ORTIZ the bottom closur e,and means fo'rsliding the a 4 2. In an apparatus of the -classrdes'cribed;

a wheeled truck,-a frame on the truckhaving an open portion extending rear-wardly of the truck, a body'movable through 'theopena ing in the said rear portion of-theframe,

drum and cable means on saidsframe for raising and lowering thebody-throughpthe. said ya open portion of the'frame',abottom'slidable means :for sliding the bottom to closedand a open position, and means =sfo1 limiting the upward movement of said body through said open portion of the'frame c-l r v v3. In-an apparatus of the class described,

awheeled truck, a frame on the wheeled truck extending rearwardly, a platform ,on

' the frontportionof the frame, platesirising to a closed position.

from the platform, a pair of drums journale'd is t between the plates, pair ofjrollers, means for supporting the rollers ab ovje the frame,

a body in the rear. portion of the'frame movable vertically therein, cables engaged with said body and trained over saidgrollers and windableon one of thedrums, abottom mov able longitudinally in the-body, a cableat tached tothe bottom "and trained over the I other drum so that the bottom may bemoved &. Inan -apparatus of the body being a open at "its drum softhat theflbottomlmaybe slid to an 

